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The List: Top 10 “Weird Al” Songs
It’s a good time to be Weird. Al Yankovic, now into his third decade of crafting perfect pop parodies, has just scored his first No. 1 album with Mandatory Fun. He’s also celebrating the 25th anniversary of his cult classic … Continue reading
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2013 in Review: The Worst Songs + Special Awards
I didn’t listen to nearly enough pop radio to come up with a full playlist of audio atrocities, so I’ll just discuss the two tracks that hurt my ears the most. The Worst Song AVICCI — “Wake Me Up” Is this … Continue reading
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Tagged avicii, haim, justin timberlake, lana del ray, national, pharrell, robin thicke, sleigh bells, t.i., ylvis
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2013 in Review: The Best Songs
As I have the last two years, I’ve included a link to my Spotify playlist on the Facebook page. Unlike the last two years, I’m actually going to list them out. Comment away and disagree! The 1975 — “Chocolate” Arcade … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, ame, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, bruno mars, churches, chvrches, daft punk, drake, duke dumont, family of the year, haim, justin timberlake, kanye west, lady gaga, local natives, lord, macklemore, macklemore and ryan lewis, majid jordan, mariah carey, mary lambert, miguel, neko case, one direction, pharrell, phoenix, phosphorescent, r kelly, robin thicke, sky ferreira, t.i., tegan and sara, vampire weekend
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2013 in Review: The Best Albums
10. CHVRCHES — The Bones of What You Believe / Cut Copy — Free Your Mind I honestly couldn’t pick between these, the two best electronic albums of the year. The former is a promising debut, the latter continuing … Continue reading
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Tagged arcade fire, arctic monkeys, churches, chvrches, cut copy, daft punk, david bowie, fall out boy, foals, foxygen, frightened rabbit, haim, janelle monae, kanye west, kurt vile, lady gaga, local natives, lorde, mutual benefit, my bloody valentine, neko case, one direction, shane carruth, sky ferreira, vampire weekend, veronica falls, yo la tengo
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2012 in Review: Special Awards – Music
BEST UNOFFICIAL REMIX Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe” (slowed down 1000%) This should replace all white noise machines. BEST PARODY Harrison Mooney – “Call the Union” This Vancouver sportswriter really wants the lockout to end. I do too, … Continue reading
2012 in Review: The Worst Songs
Check out my Spotify playlist on the Facebook page. Not included on the list (only because it’s not on Spotify) is the following: Rihanna feat. Chris Brown — “Birthday Cake (Remix)”
2012 in Review: The Best Songs
Check out my Spotify playlist on the Facebook page. Not included on the list (only because they’re not on Spotify) are the following: Jessie Ware — “Running” Randy Newman — “I’m Dreaming” Adele — “Skyfall”
2012 in Review: The Best Albums
A little late in arriving, but it’s finally here. Took me a long time to narrow it down, but these are the (roughly) 10 I had to choose. 10. Sharon van Etten – Tramp / Fiona Apple – The … Continue reading
Revisionary Road 2011 – Music
We change so much every year, and just as our opinions change on friends, teams and politicians, so do our opinions on pop culture. That’s why, since 2008, I’ve revised my previous year’s top 10 lists. Before we get to … Continue reading